BU basketball beats UVM...Hockey hopes to do the same later

The BU Terriers mens' basketball team beat the University of Vermont 74-65 today at Case Gym.Senior forward John Holland and junior guard Daryl Partin lead the Terriers with 24 points a piece. Freshman D.J. Irving added 16 more to help the Terriers improve to 2-1 in America East play this season and drop UVM to 2-1. The Terriers only went 8 deep throughout the whole game and won the second half convincingly as the game was tied at half time. This is a big win for the Terriers as they will take any wins they can get in conference play. The team plays next on Saturday in Albany to take on the Great Danes in another conference game.

The men's hockey team takes on UVM tonight now in a big Hockey East matchup for a Terriers team that is facing adversity. The young team has struggled as of late and coach Jack Parker recently dismissed junior forward Andrew Glass from the team. Tonight's game(which is on CBS college sports) should be a big test for this young team. Kieran Millan is expected to get the nod in net and forwards Alex Chiasson(leg) and Charlie Coyle(World Juniors) will be back in the line up after missing time last weekend.

Bye bye Glassy! Andrew Glass dismissed by Parker

The Boston Hockey Blog is reporting that junior forward Andrew Glass has been kicked off the Boston University hockey team for a "whole bunch of things" according to coach Jack Parker. At the time of the quote, Glass was still suspended indefinitely but has been dismissed from the team in the hours since. Glass was suspended for the season opener of the last season for breaking team rules and apparently has again started acting up. This leaves the team shorthanded off the bench as it only leaves two forwards inactive for each game and one defenseman. Glass must have really pissed Parker off to make this move mid-season and when he was the tenth highest scoring player on the team. The Wrentham,MA native is a seventh round draft pick of the Washington Capitals but his shot at the NHL now looks slim to none with nowhere to play for this coming semester. Look for him to try to hook on with a junior team for the remainder of this season and maybe transfer for next season...or maybe just make a fuckface club with the Saponari brothers and talk about how much of hardass Parker is for not encouraging all this shit and distractions that this young team does not need to see or hear about.

-Boston Hockey Blog also has a preview on the UVM-BU game Sunday up in Burlington.

-Freshman forward Charlie Coyle is back on campus from the world juniors and will have his first practice Saturday after being given a few days off by Coach Parker

- Sophomore forward Alex Chiasson is "100%" according to coach Parker and dropped the no contact jersey for Friday's practice.

Quack Quack's Money in the bank locks of the week

I went 2-2 last week going perfect in the NFL and winless in college including a tough one point loss in the TCU game in which they won by only 2 with a three point spread. They were killing me but hey you win some you lose some. Now standing 22-13 overall here goes another run at it this week.

NFL

Jets@Colts(-3)

- I hate both of these teams with a passion so I really hope both lose but that is impossible. So I am going with Indy at home because Rex Ryan runs his mouth too much and it annoys me. Hopefully once the game is out of hand Peyton tears his acl or stays healthy until James Harrison knocks him out next week in Pitt. This might be the only time I ever slightly root for the Colts ever but they just don't talk as much or have as many kids(Yes, I am talking about Antonio Cromartie). Looking at Peyton Manning still annoys me because he looks like such a fucking hick who just can't wait to get home and make love to a relative or Brett Favre. They would be perfect together. Anyway, Colts win by 10-14 in this one because Manning is better than Sanchez 100 out of 100 times.

The pick- Colts(-3)

Packers vs. Eagles O/U- 46.5

- Two of the best Qbs in the NFC battling here so I am taking the over. There is no way either defense can hold down either QB. MVP candidate Mike Vick is sure to put up some points while Aaron Rodgers put up 45 and lost last year in Arizona so he probably plans on putting up more than 45 this year.

The pick- Over

NCAA

Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl
Nevada vs. BC(+)
- I think if you know me at all you know where I am going with this one. Nevada all the way baby. BC sucks! Nevada beat Boise State so they gotta kill Newton College in this one. Go Wolfpack!

The pick-Nevada(-8)

-Other news and notes, ex-Terrier Colin Wilson had three points(1g,2a) last night for the Nashville Predators in their 5-2 win over the LA Kings at the Staples Center. See the highlight below.

-Kevin Shattenkirk extended his pointless streak to nine games after having an eight game point streak. These runs are what you are going to get with Shatty which we learned all too well last season.

BU Bridge must have had quite the crowd last night...

So our Terriers had a rough weekend out at the Shillelagh tournament in Chicago. The Terriers got thrashed by Brown 6-1 Saturday night. Coach Parker was critical of the team's play as they outshout Brown 42-24 but did not capitalize on any opportunities and could not bounce back after giving up a 2-1 lead early in the second. Kieran Millan had his worst game in net all season and the rest of the team followed. This was a poor effort with no excuses by the team. The team also lost forward Alex Chiasson in the game to a leg contusion that left him barely able to walk Sunday morning. The team also already missed Charlie Coyle who was competing in the World Juniors for Team USA(who got thrashed 4-1 by Canada tonight in the semifinals). Andy Glass was also suspended indefinitely for being late and missing team meetings according to Parker.

They needed to bounce back last night against #12 Notre Dame and they put forward a pretty good effort despite all of the adversity. It was not a perfect night as they gave up the tying goal while on the powerplay. Parker played only three lines with 11 forwards as he dressed 7 defenseman even though MacGregor did not see the ice all night. This lack of bodies seemed to take its toll as the Irish scored two in the third to tie the game. The game ended in a 3-3 tie with ND winning in a shootout which does not count in any rankings or polls. The Terriers got goals by driving hard to the net and tipping shots. These are the little things they did not do Saturday night and why they lost the game along with the difference in goaltending by Millan. I really give Parker and the goalie coach credit for rolling with Millan again because he is the best goalie we got and we need his confidence up for him to play at his best.

BU currently stands #14/15 in the nation and #19 in the pairwise rankings which decide the NCAA tournament pairings. It is also January so it is not a time to panic. I followed the live blog for both games on the Boston Hockey blog and I could not believe the amount of people bashing this team left and right. Are they playing their best hockey right now? Of course not but they just tied the #12 team in the nation with 11 forwards and missing their top 2 forwards arguably. The Terriers travel to Vermont this Sunday with a full team(Coyle returns Thursday, Chiasson should be healthy by then) and look to get a big win in the conference and for their confidence. I am a firm believer that this team will right the ship and end up making the tournament. There are going to be growing pains with a young team and this is one of those times. So don't jump off Bu Bridge just yet. They have a whole three months left of hockey(including the Beanpot to beat those bastards down in Newton) to turn this season around and build up some momentum for a post season run. Keep the faith.

Pats squish the fish 38-7 in meaningless game

The Patriots came out in a game that meant nothing and jumped all over a Miami team that was looking forward to hitting the golf courses this week(which I am pretty jealous about). The Patriots won 38-7 and now look forward to a bye week before hosting a divisional game in two weeks against the highest remaining seed. Tom Brady played into the third and had 199 yards with a couple of TD passes. Ben Jarvus Green Ellis finished a consistant season with 80 yards rushing giving him 1010 yards on the season. Rookie TE Rob Gronkowski hauled in six catches for 102 yards and a TD setting the all-time patriots record for tight end in a season. Julian Edelman added a 94 yard punt return for a TD and it was another stomping by the Patriots who have had one close game since Thanksgiving. This game was meaningless so I will jump to the winners and losers now.

Winners
1. Tom Brady-read above
2. Ben Jarvus Green Ellis- first 1,000 yard rusher since Corey Dillon is impressive for an undrafted free agent
3. Rob Gronkowski- the rookie TE looks to be a favorite target for tom brady for years to come
4. Julian Edelman- that punt return is just impressive especially for a white dude to outrun the whole punt coverage team
5. Defense- complete team effort to hold the dolphins scoreless until the refs felt bad and started making up penalties at the end of the game

Losers
1. Chad Henne- He is just not an NFL QB